Company History
The company was founded in 2004 by Andreas Blumauer, Andreas Koller, Martin Kaltenböck and Tassilo Pellegrini as a spin-off from punkt. netServices (Austria) to offer professional knowledge transfer services in the area of the upcoming Semantic Web.
Our basic idea of how to realise innovations is to let ideas grow organically. Speed kills from the very beginning.
- 2001: Foundation of punkt. netServices
- 2004: Foundation of Semantic Web School
- 2005: The company initiated the I-Semantics conference series, today one of the largest conferences about semantic technologies in Europe.
- 2008: The initial name of the company "Semantic Web School" was replaced by "Semantic Web Company" due to a shift of the focus on commercial consulting services.
- 2010: The company became partner of LOD2, one of the largest EU-projects in the area of linked data.
- 2011: Semantic Web Company (SWC) merged with its former parent company punkt. netServices and continues trading under the name of Semantic Web Company GmbH.
